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Six Texas cities make strong housing market list and Midland isn't one of them ...

"10 Housing Markets where prices have gone up" does include Texarkana, Odessa, Abilene, Bryan-College Station, Waco and San Angelo.

Here is the link.

Odessa was 4. here was its entry.
4. Odessa, Texas

One-year % change in home price: 4.3%
Median home price: $81,265 (estimated)
Median family income: $47,000
Affordability index: 2
Population: 127,462
Unemployment rate: 9.0%
Foreclosure rate: 0.01% of all housing units
Forecast change in home price over the next year: -4.5%

This west Texas city and neighbor to Midland sits in the Permian Basin, which is the largest single source of oil and gas deposits in the U.S.

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